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Jongintaba

/jong-in-TAH-bah/Xhosa · a boy’s name

“Look at the mountain.”

How to say it
jong-in-TAH-bah
Given to
Boys
Used in
South Africa
How common
rare · also a surname

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

Jongintaba

Nicknames & short forms

Jongi

From the same family

01Jonga“Look; watch.”Xhosamale→︎02Jongikhaya“Watch over/look after the home.”Xhosamale→︎03Jongilanga“Look at the sun.”Xhosamale→︎04Jongile“Has looked; has watched.”Xhosamale→︎05Jongumsobomvu“A traditional royal name associated with the early Xhosa kingdom”Xhosamale→︎